Producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson are currently seeking a director for Bond 24, after Sam Mendes (Skyfall) turned down their offer to make the sequel back in March. The Dark Knight Rises filmmaker Christopher Nolan has been approached by the producers to direct the latest installment of their James Bond franchise.

Nothing is official as of yet, since talks are still in very early and informal stages, but the filmmaker recently met with the producers.

We reported in October that the producers are seeking a fall 2014 release date for this 007 adventure, which may pose a scheduling conflict for Christopher Nolan. He is currently in pre-production on his next movie, Interstellar, which has been set for a November 7, 2014 release.

Here's what an insider had to say about the informal discussions.

"It does no harm for Broccoli and Wilson to talk with Nolan, even if nothing happens this time round."

Daniel Craig is locked in to return as James Bond, with Skyfall co-stars Ralph Fiennes (M), Naomie Harris (Moneypenny), and Ben Whishaw (Q) slated to reprise their roles as well.

@CoreyB Yes he is a great filmmaker...when It comes to his own material. When it is a franchise like Batman no. I liked The dark knight.. but BB and TDKR were pretty bad movies. I just do not trust him with franchises or properties like Batman or James Bond. That is my opinion.

@EmmyttWolfe Yeah after he made one of the most successful Comic book/action/movies of all time yeahhh I would feel weird w/him taking over for Bond...You're right the reviews and fan reactions to TDKR were horrible...Bond is too big for him. Wait what am I saying? What world do you live in? Chris Nolan is one of the most gifted filmakers of our time... TDKR stands as #8 on the top Worldwide movies of alltime in terms of $. People loved it. And have you seen the other Batmans that he directed? What about that lil movie Inception...Memento? Prestige? Cmon pal get w/it eh.

ehhh, I was hoping he'd take on an original script next. Bond is too watered down and played out. I don't think Nolan could really do much that hasnt been tried in the 23 (damn that sounds rediculous) sequels.

I'm definitely open to the idea of Christopher Nolan directing Bond 24. That will certainly be something interesting to see on screen. I just hope he does not use the same actors and actresses from the Dark Knight trilogy and from Inception. That would just be lazy on his part.

@c-a-r-t-m-a-n Yes, Steven Spielberg was set to direct Interstellar back in 2006, but eventually dropped out and Christopher Nolan took over.

As for your misunderstanding of TDKR's ending, let me explain it for you. Yes, Batman set autopilot on The Bat that flew the bomb into the lake/ocean or whatever the f*ck it was. He then took the clean slate from Selina Kyle to erase both his and hers identities where they vacationed/married(?) in Florence where Alfred does in fact see them in reality, not fantasy like you think.

Why you ask? Because in his original fantasy, Alfred never imagined Bruce with Selina; it was some other unknown woman, he also stated that he was unsure if it was actually Bruce or a look-alike. With that said, in the end, he did in fact see the real Bruce Wayne with Selina Kyle. Their eyes met, and gave a shake of the head.

@c-a-r-t-m-a-n I think we're now seeing eye to eye here. I love the Dark Knight Trilogy, but I'm not going to say TDKR was the best movie ever, I think TDK was a good bit better. As far as I know the story was written by Kip S. Thorne and Spielberg liked the theory of the his story and a few months later Jonathan Nolan came up with an idea to turn it into a screenplay and wrote it. That was back in 2007 but Spielberg's schedule was too busy to actual start up the project so it was in limbo till January of this year when Chris Nolan got attached to the project. Spielberg is staying on as a producer as far as I know. Here's the excerpt I found on it.

In June 2006, Steven Spielberg announced he would direct a scientifically accurate film about "a group of explorers who travel through a worm hole and into another dimension", from a treatment by Kip Thorne and producer Lynda Obst. In January 2007, screenwriter Jonathan Nolan met with the studio to discuss adapting Obst and Thorne's treatment into a narrative screenplay. The screenwriter suggested the addition of a "time element" to the treatment's basic idea, which was welcomed by Obst and Thorne. In March, Paramount hired Nolan as well as scientists from Caltech, forming a workshop who will begin adapting the treatment after completing the script for Warner Bros.' The Chicago Fire. The following July, Kip Thorne said there was a push by people for him to portray himself in the film Interstellar. On January 9, 2013, it was announced that Christopher Nolan would take over direction of the project. According to The Hollywood Reporter, it is "unclear if Spielberg will remain involved"

@dark-env finally someone being honest, yes i too agree tdkr was a fantastic entertainer with plot holes. You know what the so called CN fans would say? "its the best movie ever after tdk" which is some lame sh*t,,, and my point is he is just directing someones story, not his own original stuff. SS had wrote the story, developed the screenplay and directed the movie all by himself A-Z of it,. which CN hadnt done so far. The word ORIGINAL doznt go well with CN,,